Mahatma Gandhi Institute
The Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram is India’s first rural medical college. Nestled in the karmabhoomi of Mahatma Gandhi Institute in Sevagram, this Institute was founded by Dr Sushila Nayar in 1969. Kasturba Hospital has the distinction of being the only hospital in the country which was started by the Father of the Nation himself.
Mahatma Gandhi Institute
Mahatma Gandhi left Sabarmati Ashram and set up his ashram at Sevagram in 1936, the epicentre of India’s independence struggle shifted to this obscure village in Maharashtra. In 1938, attracted by Gandhiji’s leadership in the Indian freedom struggle, a young graduate from Delhi’s Lady Hardinge Medical College, Dr Sushila Nayar, arrived in Sevagram. Her selfless service to the community endeared her to the local people
Mahatma Gandhi Institute strives to produce doctors of high clinical competence, professional attitudes and ethical behavior. Mahatma Gandhi Institute believes that Gandhian values and principles are relevant even today and it displays a fierce commitment to advancement of medical education without losing the humane touch. MissionIn the spirit of its Founder, the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram today is committed to the pursuit of professional excellence by evolving an integrated pattern of medical education and it seeks to provide accessible and affordable health care primarily to underprivileged rural communities.
Mahatma Gandhi Institute
Courses Offered
- Undergraduate Programs
- Graduate Programs
Departments
- Anesthesia
- Anatomy
- Ayurveda
- Biochemistry
- Community
- Medicine
- Dental Surgery
- Dermatology
- Venereology & Leprosy
- ENT Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
- Medicine
- Microbiology
- Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Ophthalmology
- Orthopedics
- Pathology
- Pediatrics
- Pharmacology
- Physiology
- Psychiatry
- Radio diagnosis
- Radiotherapy
- Surgery
- Medical Education Unit
Mahatma Gandhi Institute Contact Details
Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences
SEVAGRAMÂ Wardha,
Maharashtra – 442102 India
Telephone: 91-7152-284341 to 355 (16 lines )
Fax: 91-7152-284333
Mahatma Gandhi Institute Official Website: http://www.mgims.ac.in/
